The OTF Held its 23rd AGM at the View Melbourne on St. Kilda Road, Melbourne on Monday 22nd January. In attendance for the full AGM was David Haggerty (President of the ITF) and Gary Purcell (ITF Development Officer-Pacific Oceania); also both Luca Santilli (ITF Director of Development) and James McGurran (ITF International Relations Manager) who joined the AGM via Video Conferencing and similarly Kelly Fairweather (ITF CEO), who joined the AGM also via video conferencing for the early part of the AGM.
Seventeen of the Member Nations of the OTF were present with Presidents/Delegates:
- American Samoa- Florence Wasko
- Australia-Bruce Osborne, Vicki Reid
- Cook Islands- Davina Hosking-Ashford
- Fiji-Romil Patel, Rajiv Singh
- Guam-Tara Steffy-Perez, Torgun Smith
- Federated States of Micronesia- Tasia Isaac
- Nauru-John Tannang
- New Caledonia- Olivier Le Dain
- New Zealand- Terri-Ann Scorer, Emily Carter
- Northern Mariana Islands- Bobby Cruz
- Palau-Ernestine Rengiil
- Papua New Guinea- Barbara Stubbings, Troy Stubbings
- Samoa- Tagifano So’onalole Ah-Chong
- Tahiti- Wilfred Sacault, Olivier Mothe
- Tonga- Tuia Mei Uta Finau
- Tuvalu- Alesi Molotii
- Vanuatu- Cyrille Mainguy, Freda Vora.
Also, in attendance were:
- David Smith – OTF Executive Officer (Joint)
- Rihard Breen- OTF Executive Officer (Joint)
- Lucy Vakere- OTF Administration and Media Officer
- Andrew Minogue- CEO, Pacific Games Council
- Isabelle Gemmel-Tennis Australia-Head of Stakeholder Engagement
- Jo Hucksiball- Tennis Australia
During the AGM David Haggerty presented 3 Awards to 3 Nations. In 2029, the ITF introduced the ITF Excellence in Tennis Development Awards. These awards recognize a National Association’s success in one of the Pillars of the ITF Strategy: performance, Participation, Education, Events and Facilities. this year the ITF recognized Solomon Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and Samoa for their success in Development.
